NetSend

Send AS400 Documents to Anyone on the Internet

NetSend provides the ability to send SMTP mail messages from the AS400 to any SMTP client application. NetSend incorporates its own SMTP client software and does not require any SMTP or POP3 software support on the AS400. With NetSend you can send email messages to any recipient that supports receiving SMTP/MIME mail messages. This includes many popular email applications such as Netscape, Microsoft Exchange, Eudora, ExpressIT 2000, and many others.

NetSend supports attaching AS400 database and file objects to a mail message. You can attach a database file, source file member, save file, QDLS document, or IFS file to a message. NetSend will attach the AS400 file as a MIME attachment. You can specify the file name and extension that the recipient will see. Additionally, if the attached file is in a binary format, NetSend will use Base64 encoding to guarantee SMTP/MIME mail compatibility. You can specify a single attachment to any message.

NetSend provides Interactive, Command, and Application Program Interfaces to send mail messages. This gives you complete flexibility in the way you send messages. You can provide your end users with the interactive interface to let them send messages from their terminals. If you want to incorporate email capability in your existing or new applications, you can use the mail APIs provided by NetSend. And you can use the NETSEND command to send email from a command interface. All of the interfaces support sending messages with attachments.

NetSend provides two means of defining a message you want to send. You can enter up to 15 lines of message text for a simple message. Or, you can provide the name of a file containing a mail message with up to 9,999 lines of text. The simple message will provide enough lines for most email messages. If you need to enter more lines of text, or your applications need to provide messages with dynamic content, you can place the message in a file and specify the file name on the NetSend interface.

Whether a corporation needs an AS400 SMTP Mailer as a component of its ecommerce strategy to send order confirmations, shipment notices, inventory status or just as a tool to send alert messages to systems personnel, NetSend is a productive and low cost way to achieve any of those requirements. NetSend makes integrating e-mail with application programs simple and economical.